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Leda Class

Design OriginBWAS-1793
Designed ot the lines of the Sane designed Hebe taken in 1782

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	38
Approved	1794
Designer	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1801
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Frigate
Designed Crew	284
Ships in Class	30

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 425.00 Imperial Pound ( 192.74 kg)		BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck	28 x British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	6 x British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck	8 x British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2 x British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2 x British 32-Pound Carronade

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						150' 1 ½	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Leda (38) 1800-1808 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	27.4.1796	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	18.11.1800	31.1.1808	Wrecked	150' 2"	125' 4"	40' 1"	12' 9"	1,071 ¹¹⁄₉₄
Pomone (38) 1805-1811 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	25.11.1802	Frindsbury - Kent	17.1.1805	14.10.1811	Wrecked	150' 2 ½"	125' 4 ⅝"	40' 2"	12' 9 ½"	1,076
Shannon (38) 1806-1859 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1844 Renamed "Saint Lawrence"	24.10.1803	Frindsbury - Kent	5.5.1806	12.11.1859	Broken Up	150' 2"	125' 6 ½"	39' 11 ⅜"	12' 11"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Leonidas (36) 1807-1897 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	19.7.1805	Frindsbury - Kent	4.9.1807	23.11.1897	Sold for Break Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11 ¾"	12' 9"	1,066 ⁸³⁄₉₄
Briton (38) 1812-1860 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.9.1808	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	11.4.1812	9.1860	Broken Up	149' 11"	125' 3 ¾"	40' 3"	12' 8 ½"	1,079 ⁸¹⁄₉₄
Tenedos (38) 1812-1875 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.9.1809	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	11.4.1812	20.3.1875	Broken Up	150' 0"	125' 1 ⅛"	40' 4"	12' 9 ½"	1,082 ³⁸⁄₉₄
Surprise (38) 1812-1837 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	10.4.1809	Milford Dockyard - Milford Haven	25.7.1812	2.10.1837	Broken Up	150' 4"	125' 8 ⅞"	40' 0 ½"	12' 9"	1,072 ³³⁄₉₄
Lacedaemonian (38) 1812-1822 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.9.1808	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	21.12.1812	22.11.1822	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Eurotas (38) 1813-1817 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	16.11.1812	Blackwall - London	17.4.1813	8.1817	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Cydnus (38) 1813-1816 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	16.11.1812	Blackwall - London	17.4.1813	2.1816	Sold	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Niger (38) 1813-1820 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	16.11.1812	Blackwall - London	29.5.1813	1820	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Lively (38) 1813-1862 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.9.1808	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	14.7.1813	28.4.1862	Sold for Break Up	150' 1"	125' 1 ¼"	40' 3 ½"	12' 10"	1,080 ²²⁄₉₄
Meander (38) 1813-1817 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	16.11.1812	Northfleet Dockyard - Northfleet	13.8.1813	2.1817	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Pactolus (38) 1813-1818 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	16.11.1812	Deptford Green - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	14.8.1813	29.1.1818	Sold	150' 6"		36' 6"		1,067
Araxes (36) 1813-1817 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	7.12.1812	Northfleet Dockyard - Northfleet	13.9.1813	10.9.1817	Sold	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Tanais (38) 1813-1819 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	7.12.1812	Rochester - Kent	27.10.1813	8.3.1819	Sold	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Tiber (38) 1813-1820 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	11.16.1812	Binstead - Isle of Wight	10.11.1813	1.1820	Sold	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Diamond (38) 1816-1827 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	30.6.1812	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	16.1.1816	18.2.1827	Burnt	150' 1 ½"	125' 1 ¾"	40' 2 ½"		1,076 ¹⁸⁄₉₄
Amphitrite (38) 1816-1875 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	21.10.1812	Bombay Dockyard - Bombay	14.4.1816	1.1875	Broken Up	150' 1 ¾"	125' 5"	39' 11 ¼"		1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Thetis (38) 1817-1830 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	18.12.1812	Pembroke Dockyard - Pembroke Dock	1.2.1817	5.12.1830	Wrecked	150' 9"	126' 7 ⅛"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,086 ³²⁄₉₄
Arethusa (38) 1817-1883 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1844 Renamed "Bacchus"	22.11.1814	Pembroke Dockyard - Pembroke Dock	29.7.1817	8.1883	Broken Up	150' 11"	126' 11"	40' 1"	12' 9"	1,084 ⁶⁰⁄₉₄
Trincomalee (46) 1817-2015 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1897 Renamed "Foudroyant" 2005 Renamed "Trincomalee"	30.10.1812	Bombay Dockyard - Bombay	12.10.1817	2015	Still in Existance	150' 4 ½"	125' 7 ¼"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,065 ⁵⁹⁄₉₄
Blanche (46) 1819-1865 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	29.5.1815	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	26.5.1819	16.6.1865	Sold for Break Up	150' 1 ¼"	125' 1 ⅛"	40' 2"	12' 10"	1,073 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄
Fisgard (46) 1819-1879 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	24.8.1815	Pembroke Dockyard - Pembroke Dock	8.7.1819	8.10.1879	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ¼"	40' 0 ½"	12' 9"	1,069 ⁵⁄₉₄
Minerva (46) 1820-1895 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	1.5.1815	Portsmouth - Hampshire	13.6.1820	28.2.1895	Sold	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Melampus (46) 1820-1906 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	1.5.1816	Pembroke Dockyard - Pembroke Dock	10.8.1820	3.4.1906	Sold	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Latona (46) 1821-1875 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	1.5.1816	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	16.6.1821	20.3.1875	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Diana (46) 1822-1874 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	1.5.1816	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	8.1.1822	9.2.1874	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Unicorn (46) 1824-2011 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1939 Renamed "Unicorn II" 1941 Renamed "Cressy" 1959 Renamed "Unicorn"	23.7.1817	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	30.3.1824	2011	Still in Existance	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Hebe (46) 1826-1873 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	1.5.1816	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	14.12.1826	31.3.1873	Broken Up	150' 1 ½"	125' 4 ⅞"	39' 11"	12' 9"	1,062 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄

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BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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